Review of David & Layla (2005) by Greg G — 14 Aug 2007

Is spicy food consumption positively correlated with the incidence of sexual relations? That's the comical question (though not worded that way precisely) that introduces us to the male protagonist David, a small time TV host in New York of Jewish heritage. The question recurs about as frequently as the laughs - a nontrivial number of times. David meets (or bumps into rather) Layla - a lovely Kurdish refugee - on the street while filming and things move quickly from there. It's primarily a story about the fusion of two religious cultures - separated on average by stereotypes, suspicion, and frequently distrust - in pursuit of that most common of goals: love. Apparently based on a true story, the film often succeeds in doing a good job presenting its themes humorously while not letting us lose sight of the message.

Bottom line: I love spicy food.